Most Popular Books by Milena

"The College Exercise Book offers a wealth of exercises to aid students in and out of class. With many answers provided in the back of the book, students can self-check their work and practice difficult concepts on their own time. Offering 7-9 exercises for every chapter of LNM 1 and 2, the College Exercise Book is a must-have resource for any student using LNM" --

Orthodoxy has achieved a large scale revival in Russia following the collapse of Communism. However, paradoxically, although there is a high level of identification with Orthodoxy, there is in fact a low level of church attendance. This book, based on in depth ethnographic fieldwork, explores the social background and moral attitudes of the "little flock" of believers who actively participate in religious life. It reveals that the complex moral beliefs of the faithful have a disproportionately high impact on Russian society overall; that among the faithful there is a strong emphasis on striving for personal perfection; but that also there are strong collective ideas concerning religious nationalism and the synergy between the secular and the religious.

Secession in International Law argues that the effective development of criteria on secession is a necessity in today’s world, because secessionist struggles can be analyzed through the legal lens only if we have specific legal rules to apply. Without legal rules, secessionist struggles are dominated by politics and sui generis approaches, which validate secessionist attempts based on geo-politics and regional states’ self-interest, as opposed to the law. By using a truly comparative approach, Milena Sterio has developed a normative international law framework on secession, which focuses on several factors to assess the legitimacy of a separatist quest.

Hitting rock bottom in the concrete jungle of Manhattan, investigative journalist Jamie Walker lands the assignment of a lifetime: find the most elusive artist of a generation, who has enthralled the art and fashion world for over a decade. This assignment is supposed to finally be Jamie''s ticket to journalistic fame and fortune. The quest, however, proves to be difficult, as -- so far -- nobody has managed to discover who the legendary DeVor really is. As Jamie delves deeper into the mysteriers surrounding the enigmatic artist, trying to salvage her stagnant career, she risks getting in over her head and losing her heart in the process.

Offering historical identity fortified by the presence of women belonging to the various areas of creative and intellectual life, this book allows readers to understand greater contexts of their identity. The history of female artists is an indicator of how social identity was erased from the historiography which asserted itself in nineteenth-century Europe. Analysis of the biographical pathways traced here reveals how women in the Middle Ages and beyond have been active protagonists of the arts, received reviews, as well as had an authoritative role as the esteemed and attentive witnesses of the society around them. Reconstruction of social relationships, intellectual and creative production as well as of the life stories of some of Europe’s most important female artists, foregrounds this omission and highlights their extraordinary nature. The different stories contained in this book narrate the lives and works of Hildegard von Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Mary Wollstonecraft, George Sand, Lou Andreas Salomé and Elke Mascha Blankenburg. By reinforcing the awareness of social and historical origins, the informed reader is better equipped to tackle their futures and build up their personalities.

This detailed account of the controversy surrounding the publication of Albert Einstein''s theory of relativity explores the ferocious popular and academic opposition which at one time encircled one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century. Based on extensive archival research, this fascinating discourse includes a compelling and entertaining examination of the contemporary literature created by Einstein''s detractors. Exploring the arguments and strategies, social contexts, and motivations of Einstein''s detractors, and providing unique insights into the dynamics of scientific controversies, this book is ideal for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of physics, popular science, and the public understanding of science.

If there are concepts that have huge academic literature and are of outstanding practcal signifcance in corporate practce, then business performance is certainly one of them. However, the authors of this special issue add interestng and excitng elements to our knowledge regarding business success and performance in many ways. This special issue underlines that business success, which has both fnancial and social components, depends to a great extent on the knowledge, skills, and cooperatve skills of people in the organizaton, and their openness to the world of external and internal stakeholders. The behavior of people, when heavily influenced by the values of the organizaton and its associated business ethics, has a major impact on business success. This is also true for ethically and socially controversial industries, such as pharmaceutcal, alcohol and tobacco. The research results of the authors in this special issue show that different organizatonal frameworks and solutons can lead to the success of a business. There is, of course, no single, infallible “recipe” leading to success. However, developing project management skills and applying a project management approach within an organizaton can increase the organizaton’s entrepreneurial ability. The key feature of such a soluton is that the organizaton becomes more open to stakeholders and processes in its local environment. This also means that an organizaton’s ability to innovate, and improve the efciency of its innovaton processes, increases. It is an excitng feature of the special issue that most of the studies deal with a specifc area of the global economy, namely Central and Eastern Europe. Empirical research carried out in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, and a comparatve analysis of them, is a valuable contributon to the increasingly rich literature dealing with this region, as well as the academic literature in the more general sense. The frst paper by Majra Hodžić and Helena Hrůzová, “A study of project management practces in the Czech Republic,” addresses the importance of project management for organizatons’ innovaton and performance. Based on the example of the Czech Republic, Hodžić and Hrůzová study current practces used in the feld of project management and underline the importance of stakeholders’ main demands and requests, and the level of use of project management methods. The results that are presented provide practcal implicatons, especially for new start-ups wantng to boost their compettveness and innovatveness, by displaying success factors for project management and the necessity for innovaton in this area. The subject of project management is contnued in the second paper by Katarzyna Grzesik and Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej enttled “Project managers’ competencies and leadership styles from the perspectve of organizatons functoning in Poland.” Grzesik and Piwowar-Sulej discuss the signifcance of project managers’ different competencies and project leadership styles, which are especially important nowadays considering the increasing dynamics of the organizatons’ environment. The needed and adopted competences are compared between the strictly project-oriented organizatons (implementng projects for external clients) and organizatons that manage projects for internal purposes. The authors identfy competencies which are important for organizatons’ success in the area of project management and may, in turn, lead to beter business performance. The importance of human capital for organizatons’ performance and compettve advantage is addressed in the third paper by Łukasz Bryl called “Human capital orientaton and fnancial performance. A comparatve analysis of US corporatons”. In the paper, Bryl verifes whether human capital orientated organizatons generate a positve or even above-average fnancial performance due to: higher skills of employees, greater motvaton and, thus, higher overall effectveness. The paper has signifcant practcal implicatons for both managers aiming at increased compettve advantage and investors in terms of the possible directons of stock market investments aimed at achieving above-average returns. Financial success and high performance may also be gained by innovatveness. In the fourth paper, “An innovaton capability development process for frms in developing countries: A theoretcal conceptual model,” Gezahegn Tesfaye and Daniel Kitaw analyze the problem of innovaton capability development. The much-needed complexity of the analysis is reflected by combining both the technical and the fnancial aspects of innovaton capability development. The proposed model identfes three key innovaton capability constructs and is of practcal value, especially to organizatons from developing countries, as it helps to progress the innovaton capabilites more effectvely. The ffh paper by Włodzimierz Sroka and Richard Szántó, “CSR and business ethics in controversial sectors: analysis of research results,” addresses the issue of organizatons’ performance from a different perspectve, namely the partcular obligatons toward society or the environment consttuted by corporate social responsibility. Based on the example of controversial sectors of the economy (pharmaceutcal, tobacco and alcohol) Sroka and Szántó examine the scale and scope of the use of business ethics principles and practces in Poland and Hungary. The analysis provides not only signifcant fresh insights in this feld but also shows that business ethics have an influence on business success and the corporate image of organizatons. The sixth paper, “The themes of entrepreneurship discourse: A data analytcs approach” by Philip T. Roundy and Arben Asllani, considers the importance of the language used by entrepreneurs. Roundy and Asllani identfy fve dominant themes in entrepreneurship discourse which address, among other things, technology and professional investments. The analysis of the most recurring themes in entrepreneurship discourse, and their change over tme, sets directons for future research and indicates the importance of entrepreneurship discourse for organizatons’ business success. We would like to thank all the authors for their contributon to this special issue and for sharing their research. We believe that this new research represents a valuable input to our knowledge regarding business success and organizatons’ performance. We also want to thank the reviewers whose comments contributed to the improvement of the papers and the whole of this special issue. We hope the artcles presented here will be of interest to readers, scholars and researchers around the world, and that they will inspire them on to further scientfc and practcal research in the feld of business performance.

This book focuses on two main topics related to the essence of music, the first of which problematizes the ontological unity of music, philosophy and mathematics. The second concern of the text is the direction of social ontology or the existence of music in the context of ideological debates about style. The book looks at music’s role as part of social ontology, and the part it played in documentarily recreating the post-Stalinism of the late 1950s and 1960s.

White Winter is a poetic, heartwarming tale that transports young readers into the magical beauty of a snowy world. As a snowstorm quietly falls overnight, a little boy named James drifts into a peaceful sleep, where he dreams of a white horse carrying the snowflakes that blanket the world in their frosty embrace. When he wakes up, everything is covered in snow, just as he imagined. Join James as he sets out to explore the winter wonderland. With its lyrical prose and beautiful vintage illustrations, this book captures the unique charm and magic of the season. It''s an enchanting story that celebrates the beauty of nature and the power of friendship, warming the hearts of children and their parents alike.

How the treatment of sexual consent in erotic fanfiction functions as a form of cultural activism. Sexual consent is--at best--a contested topic in Western societies and cultures. The #MeToo movement has brought public attention to issues of sexual consent, revealing the endemic nature of sexual violence. Feminist academic approaches to sexual violence and consent are diverse and multidisciplinary--and yet consent itself is significantly undertheorized. In Dubcon, Milena Popova points to a community that has been considering issues of sex, power, and consent for many years: writers and readers of fanfiction. Their nuanced engagement with sexual consent, Popova argues, can shed light on these issues in ways not available to either academia or journalism. Popova explains that the term "dubcon" (short for "dubious consent") was coined by the fanfiction community to make visible the gray areas between rape and consent--for example, in situations where the distribution of power may limit an individual''s ability to give meaningful consent to sex. Popova offers a close reading of three fanfiction stories in the Omegaverse genre, examines the "arranged marriage" trope, and discusses the fanfiction community''s response when a sports star who was a leading character in RPF (real person fiction) was accused of rape. Proposing that fanfiction offers a powerful discursive resistance on issues of rape and consent that challenges dominant discourses about gender, romance, sexuality, and consent, Popova shows that fanfiction functions as a form of cultural activism.

The book is an entirely new introduction to Latin prose composition. It is of interest and use to anyone already acquainted with the fundamentals of Latin.

Una novela que alimenta nuestras ganas de vivir. Por la autora que ha conquistado a más de un millón de lectores, traducida a veinte idiomas, ganadora del premio Elsa Morante y finalista de los premios Strega y Campiello. Alice deja su pueblo para iniciar una nueva vida en Cerdeña. Ocupa el piso de su tía, en un edificio frente al mar, y poco a poco encuentra en sus vecinos una nueva familia. En la planta alta vive un anciano violinista, Mr. Johnson. En la planta baja, Anna, una mujer humilde y pródiga en confianza y ternura. También están Giovannino, un niño lo suficientemente sabio para educarse a sí mismo, y Natascia, tan celosa que vive la pesadilla constante de perder a su novio. Cada uno lleva a cuestas su obsesión, su locura grande o pequeña, sus miedos y sus sueños de amor que, a veces, pueden cumplirse del modo más inesperado. La crítica ha dicho... «Exquisita sutileza... Milena Agus consigue transmitir una rara y sobrecogedora emoción e intensidad.» Mercedes Monmany, ABC «Un registro literario capaz de ablandar el corazón más endurecido... A Milena Agus le gustan las miniaturas del mundo, los espacios definidos donde nada escapa a la mirada.» Michela Murgia, Io Donna «Sorprendente y notable. Una revelación.» L''Express «Para soñar... Milena Agus deja fluir el aroma de su patria sarda en cada página para llevar al lector en un viaje embriagador.» Sonntags-Anzeiger Siegerland «Una gran escritora... Milena Agus consigue atrapar al lector en ese mundo tan original y tan suyo. Mágico. Sexual. Sensible. Humano.» Jacinta Cremades, El Mundo «Un nuevo libro de Milena Agus es siempre un acontecimiento literario... Sus historias son un camino hacia la belleza, nos enseñan a ver lo que nos rodea con una mirada dulce, para divertirnos con los pequeños placeres de la vida.» El Mundo «Una voz que imita la maravilla poética de la vida cultivando los sueños y deseos de felicidad.» La Nuova «Una novela bellísima donde todo se vuelve del revés con gran poesía y levedad.» Elle «Las historias de Milena Agus son trampas para atrapar sueños.» Le Nouvel Observateur «Chejov renace en Cagliari.» La Repubblica «En el nuevo libro de Milena Agus todos habitamos un edificio en el centro del distrito que parece la versión cagliariana del Belleville de Pennac... Milena Agus delinea a sus personajes con diálogos rápidos y una fina vena de humor, revelando poco a poco su singularidad.» L''Unione Sarda «Agus escribe con gran calidez y afecto, con sensibilidad y fina ironía.» Leipziger Volkszeitung «Milena Agus demuestra la mayor audacia de nuestra época: la simplicidad. Su estilo desnudo, libre de excesos, imprime una intimidad preciosa y hace que reine una suerte de inocencia mozartiana.» Sud-Ouest Dimanche «Superventas. Las páginas de la nueva novela de Milena Agus rezuman poesía y emoción.» Almudena Ávalos, SModa

La quotidianitat transformada en delicioses peces literàries de la mà de l’autora de També això passarà. De vegades, en el fullejar distret d’un diari, trobes escrits que esquiven la immediatesa i que t’enlairen i et fan badar, rumiar i somriure. Homes elegants és una recopilació dels millors articles que Milena Busquets ha publicat a la premsa després de l’èxit internacional de la seva novel·la També això passarà. Peces curtes que limiten amb el dietarisme, l’anecdotari i la crònica literària i social. Seleccionats amb cura i reunits ara sota un mateix títol, aquests textos evidencien el talent i les línies mestres de l’univers creatiu de l’autora. De fet, tal com confessa al pròleg, estan escrits «amb el mateix impuls, la mateixa passió i la mateixa lògica» amb què escriu les novel·les. Entre vivències i situacions quotidianes, Milena Busquets s’ocupa d’incloure, amb gran precisió i elegància, càrregues de profunditat que conviden qui la llegeix al noble art d’aturar-se un moment i reflexionar. «Intento no avorrir i no avorrir-me, intento no repetir el que diu tothom, confesso que a vegades intento també empipar i molestar una mica, però només una mica. No escric per fer amics ni per congraciar-me amb ningú, ni per donar lliçons. Una vegada, un amic em va dir que escrivia “del meu temps i contra el meu temps”. I, com tots els escriptors, intento, sobretot, no trair-me, ser honesta.»

The profound meaning of the way of the voice is very simple: everything that man seeks can be easily found through the voice. This book will show you how to become a guru and use your voice as a compass to find your voice, figure out which way to go and easily achieve personal fulfillment.

Browsing for information is a significant part of most research activity, but many online collections hamper browsing with interfaces that are variants on a search box. Research shows that rich-prospect interfaces can offer an intuitive and highly flexible alternative environment for information browsing, assisting hypothesis formation and pattern-finding. This unique book offers a clear discussion of this form of interface design, including a theoretical basis for why it is important, and examples of how it can be done. It will be of interest to those working in the fields of library and information science, human-computer interaction, visual communication design, and the digital humanities as well as those interested in new theories and practices for designing web interfaces for library collections, digitized cultural heritage materials, and other types of digital collections.

What if you could significantly improve your physical and mental health by taking a simple step thats easy, rewarding, and fun? Dr. Milena Penkowa says you can do that and more by owning a dog and yet people continue to invest time and money in costly treatments before even considering a furry friend. Dogs can stave off diseases and certain cancers, erase pain, and ease anxiety, depression, allergies, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorders. Over the long term, they can also reduce the burden of dementia, epilepsy, stroke, Parkinsons disease, schizophrenia and autism. This guidebook explains the scientifically proven benefits of dogs, and youll learn how dogs: change the human brain so it reacts and thinks differently; improve the immune system to make you more resilient than dog deprived individuals; boost and invigorate the human spirit and secure happiness; promote a life of longevity and healthiness. Stop looking for fancy remedies to physical and mental problems, and start looking for a dog wagging its tail. Tap into a natural method to survive and thrive by learning about the fascinating connections between Dogs & Human Health.